faq13.html: bye bye opera-flashplugin
"Nicolas P. M. Legrand" <[email protected]>
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www/opera-flashplugin has been removed Index: faq/index.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/nlegrand/Repositories/cvsync/www/faq/index.html,v retrieving revision 1.337 diff -u -r1.337 index.html --- faq/index.html 3 May 2011 12:57:38 -0000 1.337 +++ faq/index.html 9 May 2011 10:38:52 -0000 @@ -384,8 +384,6 @@ streaming media under OpenBSD?</a> <li><a href="faq13.html#javaplugin" >13.13 - Can I have a Java plugin in my web browser? (i386 & amd64 only)</a> -<li><a href="faq13.html#flashplugin">13.14 - Can I have a Flash plugin in - my web browser? (i386 only)</a> </ul> <h3><a href="faq14.html">14 - Disk Setup</a></h3> Index: faq/faq13.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/nlegrand/Repositories/cvsync/www/faq/faq13.html,v retrieving revision 1.137 diff -u -r1.137 faq13.html --- faq/faq13.html 6 Nov 2010 20:11:30 -0000 1.137 +++ faq/faq13.html 9 May 2011 10:38:32 -0000 @@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ OpenBSD?</a> <li><a href="#javaplugin" >13.13 - Can I have Java support in my web browser? (i386 & amd64 only)</a> -<li><a href="#flashplugin">13.14 - Can I have Flash support in my web - browser? (i386 only)</a> <!-- <li><a href="#camera" >13.xx - Can I use my digital camera under OpenBSD?</a> <li><a href="#scanner" >13.yy - How do I set up and use my scanner?</a> @@ -1601,69 +1599,6 @@ <b>Note:</b> Java support has only been tested with the Firefox, Seamonkey, and Konqueror web browsers. If it works well for you using a different browser, please let us know. - - -<a name="flashplugin"></a> -<h2>13.14 - Can I have Flash support in my web browser? (i386 only)</h2> - -The Flash plugin is distributed by Adobe in binary form only. -Adobe does not provide a native OpenBSD plugin, but there is a Linux -plugin which you can use under Linux emulation. -This plugin is available only for the i386 platform. - -<p> -Before continuing, it is a good idea to read about Linux emulation in the -<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=compat_linux&sektion=8">compat_linux(8)</a> -manual page, and also -<a href="faq9.html#Interact">FAQ 9 - Running Linux binaries on OpenBSD</a>. - -<p> -If you have understood this and you didn't install the necessary files yet, -just add the fedora package. -Assuming you have the environment variable <tt>PKG_PATH</tt> set -(see <a href="faq15.html#Easy">FAQ 15</a>), - -<blockquote><pre> -# <b>pkg_add -i fedora_base</b> -</pre></blockquote> - -This will automatically set <tt>kern.emul.linux=1</tt>, but not permanently. -If you need permanent Linux emulation, you need to specify that in -<tt>/etc/sysctl.conf</tt>, as explained in -<a href="faq9.html#Interact">FAQ 9 - Running Linux binaries on OpenBSD</a>. - -<p> -Another thing you should know is that Linux shared libraries and modules -cannot be used with OpenBSD executables, so you will need a Linux browser -as well. - -<p> -One candidate is the <a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera</a> web browser, -available in the ports tree. -OpenBSD does not distribute packages for it, since Opera's license is not -clear about its redistribution. -However, installation should not take long, since it is distributed in -binary form by Opera Software. -After that you can easily install the Flash plugin from the ports tree. - -<blockquote><pre> -# <b>cd /usr/ports/www/opera</b> -# <b>make install</b> -# <b>cd /usr/ports/www/opera-flashplugin</b> -# <b>make install</b> -</pre></blockquote> - -<p> -<b>Note:</b> -It should be sufficient to perform the last step alone, and the ports -system will install the dependencies automatically. -For clarity, however, we split the process into a few steps here to -explain. - -<p> -If you have followed the above guidelines, the Flash plugin should now be -listed when you type "about:plugins" in the URL bar. - <!-- this would be interesting, but lack of hardware at the moment